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Flagler women’s soccer earns national ethics award

North Carolina's Eric Ebron (85) leaps over Cincinnati's Jeff Luc (48) during the first half of the Belk Bowl NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

The Flagler College women’s soccer team was one of 72 men’s or women’s programs cited by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for its bronze version of the Team Ethics Award as released Thursday afternoon.

The Team Ethics Award recognizes teams that exhibit fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game, as reflected by the number of yellow caution cards or red ejection cards they are shown by referees throughout the season. If teams did not accumulate a card during the season they were listed at the Gold level. Teams with no more than five yellow cards and no red cards earned Silver level honors. The Bronze level went to teams who accumulated no more than 10 cards during the season.

The Saints were only carded 10 times this past season and not one player received a red card. In 2012, Flagler accumulated nine cards all year long and earned Bronze level honors.

Columbus State University and Georgia College were the only other Peach Belt Conference members on any of the other three teams. Both earned Silver level honors.

Flagler finished the 2013 season with a 6-10-2 overall record and a 2-7-2 record in the Peach Belt under head coach Teddy Meyer.